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BLL German/Vocabulary/Professions

This table gives you both the male and the female forms of each profession. Often the female form can be deducted by just adding -in to the male one, e. g. "Schauspieler"(actor) becomes "Schauspielerin"(actress). Sometimes this addition precipitates a vowel change in the rest of the word, the -in replaces a few letters of the male word or the change is completely different. For those cases, I shall provide the full female profession name next to the male one.

Professions (male/female)

German

English

Angestellter / Angestellte

employee

Anwalt / Anwältin

lawyer

Apotheker / -in

pharmacist, chemist

Architekt / -in

architect

Arzt / Ärztin

physician, doctor

Bauer / Bäuerin

farmer

Bäcker / -in

baker

Beamter / Beamtin

civil servant

Briefträger / -in

postman

Buchhalter / -in

accountant, bookkeeper

Dolmetscher / -in

interpreter

Fahrer / -in

driver

Feuerwehrmann / Feuerwehrfrau

fire fighter

Fremdenführer / -in

tourist guide

Handwerker / -in

craftsman

Ingenieur / -in

engineer

Journalist / -in

journalist

Kaufmann / Kauffrau

merchant, businessman

Kassierer / -in

cashier

Krankenpfleger / Krankenschwester

male nurse, nurse

Kellner / -in

waiter / waitress

Koch / Köchin

cook

Lehrer / -in

teacher

Maler / -in

painter

Musiker / -in

musician

Politiker / -in

politician

Psychiater / -in

psychiatrist

Putzfrau (male form unusual, use "Raumpfleger" instead)

cleaning woman

Rechtsanwalt / Rechtsanwältin

lawyer, attorney-at-law

Richter / -in

judge

Sekretär / -in

secretary

Sportler / -in

sportsman

Schriftsteller / -in

writer, author

Soldat / -in

soldier

Tierarzt / Tierärztin

veterinarian

Verkäufer / -in

salesperson

Vertreter / -in

representative

Übersetzer / -in

translator

Zahnarzt / Zahnärztin

dentist

Busfahrer/in

Busdriver

This list isn't exhaustive. Feel free to contribute more professions or sound files for the existing ones.